The Focal Easy Guide to Final Cut Pro X, 3rd Edition

IMPORTING MEDIA

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Understanding the Final Cut Pro X File Structure

We will cover organization

of media in depth in the

next chapter. For the

moment, it is important to

understand a few essentials.

When importing media

you import these fi les into

a Library; this is the master

area which contains all the

crucial information for your

edited Projects and all of

the organization of your

media. Within the Library

are separate areas known

as Events—an Event is a

designated place, named by

you, similar to a folder, where

media and Project(s) are stored. Media can be

video fi les, music, still images, graphics and any

of the components which you work ...